Be more UK law
The campaign to liberalise abortion gained momentum after Savita Halappanavar, 31, died in hospital when word, because the Bill that they are introducing is as liberal, it’s actually more liberal than the current British Act.”
As the referendum campaign enters its last few days, Mr O Cuiv was appealing to those who may be swung by the “hard cases” to vote Yes, to reconsider, because he regards it as something that can be looked at again if the No side is victorious.
The former minister said: “I think a lot of people who have huge sympathy for the hard cases such as rape, incest and fatal foetal abnormalities, but feel that otherwise the Government has gone too far. My advice she was refused an abortion during a miscarriage.
In 2013 legislation was amended to allow terminations under certain tightly restricted circumstances – the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act.
Was that concession enough for those seeking liberalisation?
Not according to the women who were still travelling to the UK in their droves.
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to them is to vote No on Friday because we can then look at those issues compassionately and humanely and see how we can work out another way.”
However, his party colleague Timmy Dooley – who has campaigned for a Yes vote on Friday – yesterday described this line of argument as a ploy to trick undecided or soft Yes voters to switch sides.
The Clare TD said: “I don’t think anybody should be taken in by the ruse at this late stage to create the impression that we can go back and revisit this.”
If an unborn baby is human, the logical thing is to preserve that life
EAMON O CUIV TD